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  1. Dakota Dude

    Leaving Trail Cameras over the Summer

    Just a pro tip-hang them up relatively high so bulls don't rake them and bears don't get curious and gnaw on them. Its always a bummer when you leave them up for months and find them destroyed on the ground when you return.
  2. Dakota Dude

    Cold Weather Camp

    Don't forget to keep any water bladders, hoses, and nozzles warm as well. They might start freezing after your start your hunt, but you don't want to begin the hunt with a frozen nozzle or hose. Thats the worst. I've made that mistake too many times.
  3. Dakota Dude

    Gift idea for outdoorsman taking me on my first elk hunt!

    That looks stellar! Nice work.
  4. Dakota Dude

    What does a bull track look like?

    I watched this bull make this print in a wallow this year (it should have been one of his last steps but I missed my shot). The definition isn't great because of the mud, but this was a large 6x6. When in the snow, I find it pretty easy to pick out the bull tracks. The size and claws are pretty...
  5. Dakota Dude

    Bad shot placement?

    Fantastic shot. Don't over analyze it. No need too. I shot a bull this year at 30 yards. Hit him perfectly in the lungs. I've learned to shoot a little further back from the crease to reduce the risk of a shoulder shot. Elk's lungs are huge. The bull I shot this year was hit midline square in...
  6. Dakota Dude

    2023 Best Elk Hunt Photo, sponsored by Kifaru

    Fall colors and sun halos! Colorado archery bull 9/30 (the last day).
  7. Dakota Dude

    Longest, hardest, most logistically difficult solo packout?

    Only elk I have shot solo was about a 2 mile pack out. I shot a calf on the last day of archery season at 2 yards. I quartered it and was able to get everything out in one trip. It was all down hill and about 60% trail. Difficulty level was a 2. I have had way harder group elk pack outs. I...
  8. Dakota Dude

    2023 OFFICIAL ELK MEAT POLE THREAD

    My dad and I have been archery hunting elk together every year for the last ten years. It has always been my favorite trip of the year. He drives from Iowa to my place in CO and stays with us for a week or two depending on whatever else we have going on in our lives. He has had a hand full of...
  9. Dakota Dude

    Are you ready?

    Ready, sure. Prepared, not really. Am I pumped to get out there, yup. Hear elk bugling 2 weeks ago! Doesn't feel the same when you don't have your bow with you.
  10. Dakota Dude

    What did you do today to get ready for Elk season?

    40 miles on the road bike at 9'000 feet and checked the trail cams.
  11. Dakota Dude

    Gift idea for outdoorsman taking me on my first elk hunt!

    If he is like me, and probably most hunters, he might already have too many knives. I take people every year and as a token of appreciation they sometimes give me certain things. I'd go hunting with him and see what you could upgrade for him after the trip. I am certain that when you hunt with...
  12. Dakota Dude

    Colorado Draw results 2023

    Bear emails are out as well.
  13. Dakota Dude

    CPW News Release Reductions 5-10-23

    I wonder if people that draw the mule deer/antelope tags this year will turn them back in to reserve their points for a different unit or after these rebound. The antelope tags take 5-6 points. I got a tag for unit 5 last year with 7 points and was successful. I don't know what I would have...
  14. Dakota Dude

    Archery Set Up For Elk

    Don't over think it. You're good to go!
  15. Dakota Dude

    Toughest Dog Bed

    I had a cot for my GPS for 10 years, She tears up every single other bed. The only reason I don't have a cot anymore is because she's older, and the cot sun rotted.
  16. Dakota Dude

    Elk Mount Suggestions for mine and my son's bulls

    For yours, I think it would do sneaking right turn, just so that the bigger side get accentuated a bit more. Nice bulls, That length on yours is seriously impressive. That brow tine made me do a double take!
  17. Dakota Dude

    Ice fishing…. Anybody got ice?? Pics?

    There are plenty of places to fill the fryer with perch in CO. You can PM me if you want some lake tips.
  18. Dakota Dude

    Opportunity for first Elk Hunt in Montana

    T_Carlson nailed it. If he is hunting near his house, you may be shacking up there in comfort. Thats what I do. I haven't used my backpacking tent in 4 years. I haven't needed it.
  19. Dakota Dude

    Decision is IN!! Shoulder Mount or Euro Mount?

    Euro's with a skull hooker look really good and take up a lot less space on the wall. I love a shoulder mount to though. For me I get shoulder mounts when I want to see it and remind me of the great memories
  20. Dakota Dude

    My 2022 South Dakota Pronghorn

    Great goat! Nice work!

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